Walking in the Black Mountains of the Welsh border

So far in 2012 we have taken some tome out to do several local walks, mostly on the nearby Black Mountains which are the border between Wales and England and also Offa's Dyke path.

On New Years Day we did a wet and windy walk from the Cat's Back car park over to the Hay Bluff car park. It was a good bracing walk and we were glad of the exercise after the feasts of Christmas time!



We have also walked up the Skirrid Mountain with several members of the family from the oldest to the youngest, which we completed in much better weather conditions. There were great views of the Sugar Loaf [next on our list of walks!] and of Abergavenny at dusk.



This is a more recent photograph of the Cat's Back in late February.




We are fortunate to live in an area of such outstanding natural beauty and have decided to enjoy the walking on a regular basis.